2nd Arena, Early morning
Erza woke to the ground trembling violently underneath her. Half-awake she tried to stand back up but fell backwards.
"What's happening?" She could barely hear Gray's voice over the roar made by the earthquake.
"I think the volcano is going to erupt." Armin yelled back. The trembling paused for a bit and Erza stood up. The sun was beginning to rise and soon they would be able to see more clearly.
"Is it going to erupt today?" She asked curious. She doubted that they would have anytime to look for any of their Fairy Tail friends.
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure it will, but I might be wrong. I need to go check something." He told them before wandering off.
"Are you sure we can trust him?" Gray asked. Erza thought for a bit, as much she didn't want to she was beginning to trust him. It didn't help that Gray had asked his name and now Erza had to think of him as an ally instead of just an asset she was using to help her and her friends get farther in the games. She could tell that Armin wanted to go find the rest of his team, but he didn't say anything. Finally she answered Gray's question.
"For right now I do. As long as we don't run into his friends I don't think we have to worry about him betraying us. If he does kill us then he won't have any protection at all and could easily be picked off by other tributes." She told Gray.
By the time Armin came back the sun had already risen.
"What did you need to check?" Gray asked.
"The direction of the wind." Armin said. Gray narrowed his eyes and Erza could tell he didn't believe the answer.
"Couldn't you just check it from here?" Gray asked.
"Yeah, but it's easier when there aren't so many rocks around to block the wind." Armin said. Erza agreed with him. There were plenty of large rocks that could block the wind or at least influence it.
"Where is it coming from?" She asked ignoring Gray's scowl.
"We should be safe, if the wind continues blowing how it is, then it will blow any of the dangerous gasses toward the center of the arena." Armin told them. Erza let out a sigh of relief. If the wind blew the gasses towards them there was no other place to hide. Another tremble shook the ground and Erza stumbled forward. This one lasted much longer and when Erza turned toward the volcano she could see smoke rising out of the hole at the top of it.
Sure enough, just as Armin said the smoke was blown toward the forest and not toward the cliffs. Another tremble shook the ground this one much stronger.
"Erza, look out!" She heard Armin's voice yell. She quickly jumped forward just as one of the larger propped up stones fell forward nearly crushing her. The tremble lasted a few more seconds then ended. Erza looked back at the volcano as the gasses covered by smoke descended into the valley. Another tremble shook the ground this one was not nearly as strong, but Erza decided that it would be better if they got out of the shelter of the rocks.
"Let's get to more open ground." She told them. They nodded and quickly packed up their meager supplies. Hopefully the arena would change quickly and they could find more supplies. They were dangerously low on food and while they had Gray who could make ice, water sounded nice. Not mention the other tributes must be pretty low on food and water as well.
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